Defective By Design - the Campaign to Eliminate DRM
It is nice to see someone that actually does something about the DRM conundrum and not just talk about it. The good folks at DefectiveByDesign.org plan to go out to Apple stores in large cities over this weekend and warn customers about the pitfalls of DRM.
In the two weeks since the launch of DefectiveByDesign.org they have already managed to acquire over 2000 members. I wish them luck and success because they are out there fighting for our freedom as a society.
I said it before and I will say it again, as more and more aspects of our lives go virtual, digital, cyber, (you get the idea) we should allocate more of our attention to our freedoms in this new reality. While most of us are concerned only with the physical world, we spend a good chunk of our waking hours online or with our computers and so why are these freedoms less important? Would you agree to let the record companies monitor how and where you listen to a CD you bought? Why do you let them do it for a song you bought online?
Of-course I for one, think that the DRM problem will go away even if we do nothing because of the laws of capitalism. It just makes great business sense to compete with traditional media outlets by eliminating DRM and so at some point it has to happen. That is of-course unless their lobby in Washington throws over the government and announce the head of the RIAA as the ruler of America and from their it is the world... :)
Thankfully the folks at the RIAA are helping us eliminate DRM by making one stupid move after the other. The latest one was going after Pirate Bay (in a country where the maximum punishment by law for copyright violation is a small fine) and the previous one was suing satellite radio.
